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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Plenty of trade jobs, go find a new career. [/quote]

My dad is a mason. I wanted to go into masonry and my dad said absolutely no way. One time some his friends were home and we were taking about it and they were all like kid to go college get yourself a nice job in an office and don't kill yourself doing what we are doing. A lot of people who are doing manual labor don't always want their kids to do the same. And it's not for everyone. When people say trade they often mean manual labour. You think your son who spent all his time playing video games expecting to go to college barely did any manual work at home is suddenly going to be interested and find success doing manual labor?[/quote]

Architect here.
I find doing small manual labor kind of therapeutic actually but only small projects like bathroom or kitchen remodels. Busted out the torch and soldered my own pipes when the plumber messed up and didn't feel like admitting it. I also change my mind a lot while I'm doing the work. A contractor would have been pissed off at the amount of modifications to the design I tend to make.
Maybe for some people the key is to mix labor and thinking. I definitely have to invest equal time in both to get the results I'm after.
But for exterior buildings, no way, that is too much for my 117# frame. And in my 50s, this manual labor takes so much longer to recover from than when I was in my 30s. So I get that there is an expiry window for trade laborers. 
But there is something very satisfying about making and solving physical things.[/quote]

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